Penance for the Dead: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Bow Street Duchess Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Penance for the Dead audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Allie Rose (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bow Street Duchess Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 25.4 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 68.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder at the Seven Dials | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | Death at Fournier Downs | 7.5 hrs |
| 3 | Silence of Deceit | 7.6 hrs |
| 4 | Penance for the Dead | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | Fatal by Design | 7.8 hrs |
| 6 | Nature of the Crime | 7.5 hrs |
| 7 | Taken to the Grave | 8.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Lady's Last Mistake | 11.8 hrs |
More narrated by Allie Rose
Allie Rose narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 511 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,537 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Penance for the Dead is book 4 of Cara Devlin's Bow Street Duchess Mystery series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Allie Rose, released January 23, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Historical (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Allie Rose
- Released
- January 23, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Bow Street Duchess Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9798350887327
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Penance for the Dead audiobook?
Penance for the Dead runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Penance for the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Penance for the Dead?
Penance for the Dead is narrated by Allie Rose.